Graduation dresses are formal academic dress accessories worn on the graduation day to celebrate the academic convocation with full of joy friends, family members and loved ones. An academic honor/achievement is given to the student by the academic institution/college honor society, students receive degree with pride in a full academic dress.
The day of convocation students and faculty member both wear full personalized academic dresses during the graduation ceremony as per guideline directed by academic admin. More than an academic dress, graduation day is a milestone of years of work hard of academic journey. Friends and family member capture live movements and make it lifetime memorable.
From the ancient times, sashes, stoles and gown was awarded in catholic church priest, sorority and army soldiers, but now a day, the tradition of wearing academic dress is a fashion in any institution/club/sorority/religious ceremony and any grade of graduation for kids & adults (nursery, pre-school, high school, bachelor, master and doctoral degree), convocation. These dress you can buy at affordable price or on rent.
Friends and families members keep sharp eye on full academic apparel, receiving achievement and enjoy big day movement and capturing photo of life long memorable story.
“Graduation is a ceremony, celebrates after the successful study completion in particular subject or class.“
Graduation Attire Fabric Quality
Fine quality satin, silk and velvet are the most preferred by the school/college/university honor society even it is sashes, stoles, graduation cap with tassel, robes and gowns with color code. These academic apparels are made of wrinkle free, shiny, quick drying, lightweight, comfort to wear and color retains long lasting. Our craftsman follow the proper guideline of institution dress color code and style.
Indian Graduation Dress Name
Graduation ceremony dress name called as
- Graduation Stole & Sashes
- Graduation Cap with Tassel
- Graduation Gown & Hood
- Cords/Ropes
Academic regalia (specific honor on specific field of study achievement), These graduation attire color represents specific meaning and achievement in particular subject. I am going to deep dive here about types of graduation products, standard size, dress fabric quality, color code and their meaning, stitching style and institution guidelines, how to perfectly wear and customization options on academic dress.
Graduation Dress For Girls
Academic dresses come in unisex wearing style. Usually, a girl can wear comfortable formal dress like blouse, skirts, comfortable suit, After wearing an academic dress underneath dress should not peep out that’s is a perfect size. Underneath graduation dress, graduation event might be whole day time its a perfect graduation dress.
Graduation Dress For Boys
Usually, underneath gown boys wear a formal shirt, pant, tie and shoes. After wearing an academic dress underneath dress should not peep out that’s is a perfect graduation outfit for men.
Women & Men Graduation Academic Dress
Sash and stoles both academic dress accessories comes in unisex wearing and for the same perspective as it denotes/presents achievement in academic journey/valedictorian, salutatorian but they have different styles of (stitching) making plain & wearing both. Some college/institution allow to wear sashes and some of them stoles. Shivani Enterprises has more than 20 different color premium quality satin fabric & Velvet for stoles and sashes for custom graduation dresses.
Stoles
A stole is worn the shoulder front down both sides around the neck. Usually, stoles for adult size come 5″wide and 56″ long bottom ending with arrow or rectangular with contrast trim satin material. Stoles are commonly used in academic institute. Stoles edges have commonly trimming lace from all edges in middle with matching different colors. Customization option available add college logo, class year, country flag, name and subject in print and embroidery from.
Sashes
A sashes is draped across the body from front right waist to left shoulder, from backside right shoulder to left waist till the across point. Sashes size for adult comes 4″ wide and 76″ long with angle ending. Ideal for collage & school farewell party, freshers party, and bachelor party used in birthday, wedding celebrations and pageant events. Customization option on sashes only front in text, image in print and embroidery form.
Graduation Cap with Tassel
Graduation cap and gown (usually black color) are formal dress of academic institution. Appropriate color and size both matter enough are made of high quality satin (shiny) black color with proper finish. To make a memorable graduation and carry on institution ritual on the day graduation convocation institution offer to wear a graduation cap and gown made of black satin material.
Graduation Day Cap
Standard size of a graduation day cap is 25cm x 25cm, square shape, black satin fabric, inside stitched thick mortor board and elastic made easy to wear and fit for all age group student and premier quality of gold color tassel and front with customization of university logo.
Graduation Cap Wearing Style
The style of wearing a graduation cap, front at forehead “U” shape and back side “V” shape. The rule of wearing style of a tassel is remain front left for boys and girls before starting convocation event and after receiving a degree, tassel is moved to the front right side and at the end of graduation convocation student fly in the sky with full of joy.
Tassel and Their Meaning
A tassel is a bunch of threads connecting from one edge top of the cap with the loop and second ending hanging separately with cotton flowers, in a mono color or different colors. The tassel connect from the top of cap with a loop
Graduation Gowns and Hoods
Gowns
Gown are unisex formal academic gown comes with different color for different label degree/diploma convocation, black and navy blue are 2 common colors most preferred almost all institutions trustee member/governing body. Ideal size of a gown is between knee and ankle. Black shiny graduation gown with cap for bachelor degree convocation half sleeve. Master & doctor degree graduation gown with full sleeve front with hidden zipper.
Graduation Gown Differences by Degree Label
Bachelor Graduation Gown: Gown sleeve long upto the wrist with left side at shoulder university logo printed.
Master Graduation Gown: Master degree convocation gown does not have a logo but longer sleeve.
Phd Graduation Gown: Master degree convocation gown does not have a logo but longer sleeve.
Buy graduation apparel or rent online.
Hoods
Ideally, a hood is a scholarly dress. higher education like bachelor, master, PhD doctorate degree convocation program, and wear over the gown back side. Some university offer their own guideline manufacturing gowns with hoods to carry own their cultural heritage. Hood color is specified according to student graduating subject applicable. Hoods for bachelor’s, master’s and doctor degree have little difference each other.
Graduation Cords/Ropes
Graduation cords are a colored rope worn over the gown around from the neck, hanging front both side shoulder equally, a different subject study graduation, student have different colored cords worn. Cord color represent such as science, politics, law, health etc. and different grade of achievements in particular subject. Golden cords represent high grade degree achievements and green cord for medicine & environment, engineering student reserve orange color and blue for law students. It might be differ form institute to institute. A student might be worn more than one cord because of he has got distinction more than one subjects.
Study Subject & Color Denoted For Cords
Indian Graduation day dress code (color spectrum) and their meaning below
| Subject | Color |
| Medicine, Environment | Green |
| Law | Blue |
| Science | Green |
| Politics | |
| Engineering | Orange |
| Art & Humanities | White |
| Agriculture | Yellow |
Note: Different institute decide different color codes for a particular subject for cords, so you need to consult from collage/university honor society before buy for graduation day.
Bachelor Degree Convocation-Knee Length Graduation Dress
Master Degree Convocation-Knee Length Graduation Dress
Doctoral Degree Convocation-Full Length Graduation Dress
Customization Option of Academic Apparel
Fabric for graduation apparel are cut and sew précised size with latest technology. Custom design to print We are equipped for high quality print (text, image, icons and graphics) using different types of printing technology.
Printing on light color satin fabric sublimation printing,
Embroidery graduation stoles & sashes with optimum accuracy through digital computerized process.
Multiple color logo printing on dark/light fabric – using DTF printing technology,
Shiny and glittery finish text using HTV using letter cut and transfer on graduation attire.
Conclusion
Shivani Enterprises is print on demand store, and custom graduation dress manufacture and supplier across the India. Most of university and college preferred fabric quality & colors available in satin, velvet and blend materials. We are open 24x7x365 day of the year.
Who Can Wear Graduation Attire?
Graduation attire can wear student of pre-nursery to doctorate degree students and faculty, it depends on which class or subject degree or diploma (master graduation dress, medical graduation dress, kinder graduation dress) student is pursuing.
What are the basic tips to buy perfect academic dress for graduation convocation?
There are some basic points to be noted for appropriate academic dress on ocassion of graduation ceremony
1. Perfect size regalia
2. Proper stitching
3. Dress code guideline by directed by institution
4. Comfortable dress underneath graduation attire event might be late time
5. Be prepare 1-2 day in terms of regalia dress before event going on
Where to buy the best graduation convocation dress In Delhi?
There are so many graduation convocation dress makers in Delhi. Except from making a convocation dress and customization on the dress institution logo, study year, name personalization on the dress from the printing color/black & white, shiny golden & silver, glitter to embroidery under one roof at Shivani Enterprises. It opens 24x7x365 days of the week except national holidays.
What Fabric is made of Graduation Gown
Most of all college and university demand for poly-cotton stuff. Shivani Enterprises made graduation gown in poly cotton (poly blend) materials.